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It succeeded in reigniting the excitement of all the millions of fans of the franchise. The above illustration, by Kode Logic, depicts the new lightsaber shown in the trailer. Though it does lack the original trio. Check out more articles on BuzzFeed.com!
Most of us missed this on a first viewing, but in an interview promoting A Most Violent Year, X-Men: Apocalypse star Oscar Isaac confirms that it was him piloting that X-Wing in the Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens teaser and talks more about landing the role. Check it out!
The Colbert Report host and all-around expert on Star Wars Stephen Colbert returned to his popular Comedy Central show after a week away, and there was one pressing piece of news he made sure to touch upon: the debut of [...]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will get a new trailer in May, attached to Marvel Studios' highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The Force Awakens star also thanks fans who have supported the teaser and pushed it past 40 million views in 72 hours.
When weekend. Good Morning America sent out a Tweet yesterday promising exclusive Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens details on today's show, fans started getting their hopes up for some big reveals.
The officially released Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer coupled with some leaked information and concept art tells us quite a bit about the new and returning characters. So why not hit the jump for a look the main players from J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated sequel.
The new Star Wars sequel's trailer has already awoken two fan-made parodies: a Lego version and one that adds George Lucas' "special" touch.
Up until now, none of the fan-made artwork we'd seen for The Force Awakens had any official images/footage to draw from, but obviously that all changed yesterday afternoon. Take a look at this great fan-poster which takes inspiration from the most indelible shots in the trailer.
Lupita Nyong'o joins the recently announced cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. This year, her breakthrough performance in 12 Years a Slave earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit television series Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth, has also been cast in the production.
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WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be the darkest film yet seen in the long-running space saga, according to an alleged leak of key information from a user claiming to be a Lucasfilm employee on the 4chan message board.
Asked whether he was curious to see what J.J. Abrams had done with the franchise, Lucas replied, "Not really."
This is from a guy on Google+ explaining why the crossguard lightsaber is stupid... "+Jonathan Williams ok I'll tell you. This lightsaber what you call it isn't even a lightsaber it's a flame-saber. You can tell by the blade itself it looks weird and different ...meaning that the crystal wasn't put in correctly or it's really old and messed up.
As cynical and bitter and disdainful that most right thinking people have become with respect to the subject of Star Wars movies over the last decade or so, it is difficult not to view the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser with, at the very least, an eyebrow raised in curiosity.
Get your first look at Star Wars #1 interior pages by John Cassaday!
The release of the first Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit with a bang on November 28, and now director J.J. Abrams and LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy has added some key context to the new characters seen for the first time in that trailer.
By nailbiter111 - After J.J. Abrams completes Star Wars: The Force Awakens he'll pass the Star Wars directing baton to Looper director Rian Johnson, who will be writing and directing Episodes VIII and IX .
J.J. Abrams was joined by some of the cast and crew to thank supporters of the Force For Change charity,
Total Film have revealed the cover of their February 2015 issue, and it puts the spotlight on a very familiar droid which will make its return in less than one year's time when J.J. Abrams' Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens reaches the big screen. Check it out!
Adam Driver and Mark Hamill on the joy and pressure of making a new Star Wars chapter for a new generation. Hamill, set to return as Luke Skywalker, says, "Oh my God, this time I'm going to appreciate it in a way I wasn't able to as a young man."
Moon and Source Code director Duncan Jones seems like a great choice to direct Star Trek 3 in the wake of J.J. Abrams leaving the franchise for Star Wars; Episode VII and Orci "voluntarily" vacating director duties. However, Jones is intent on working on an original concept after finishing up his duties on Warcraft.
Follow Mark "RorMachine": By Mark "RorMachine" Cassidy - Though Andy Serkis is as tight-lipped as the rest of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast when it comes to revealing anything too specific about the film or their characters, he is usually happy to chat a little more about the project in general than his colleagues, and that was evident when EW caught up with the actor at the première of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies.
We recently found out the names of the new characters glimpsed in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer (BB-8, Kylo Ren etc), but now Lucasfilm have registered applications for these characters, and a new name has been thrown into the mix. Find out who after the jump..
To say there have been a lot of fan theories and speculation surrounding Star Wars: Episode VII is like merely saying Scarlett Johansson is nice-looking. With the vast multitude of rumors swirling around the internet it seems logical that at least some of them would be close to the truth...right?
